Hitachi Zosen to build Philippines’ first waste-to-energy plant

Hitachi Zosen will construct a garbage-burning power plant in the Manila metropolitan area, the Philippines’ first such facility. The project carries a price tag of around 40 billion yen ($395 million), including the initial investment and costs for running the facility for two decades. The Japanese plant engineering company will create a special-purpose company to undertake the project. Generally speaking, waste incineration facilities are needed when a country’s per-capita gross domestic product exceeds $3,000. And construction of such large facilities picks up when per-capita GDP tops $5,000. In the Philippines, where per-capita GDP is nearing $3,000, landfill capacity near Manila is already scarce. Hitachi Zosen will build the plant in the city of Quezon in greater Manila (Image: Wikimedia Commons/Patrickroque01) Hitachi Zosen will build the plant in the city of Quezon in greater Manila. The site will combine a garbage incineration facility capable of processing the waste of 3 million...